In our area they have mini branches at the Schnucks Grocery stores.

Hi @Jeremy Taggart,The #1 problem people encounter when trying to use FHA 96.5% on the next MFR is that FHA is skiddish about using departing residence rental income, which can blow up your DTI. 

I don't want our houses to look like those two companies just vomited out their store in my house.

You need boots on the ground that will fill you in on what you could be in store for. 

The Bigger Pockets book store if full of great books: https://www.biggerpockets.com/store

Take pictures, post promotions, highlight events such as an acoustic night, etc - all of this will drive interest and traffic to your store.

@James DeRoest,sorry i could not be of help, but maybe if your time permits, you could go by a lighting showroom (no big box stores) and run those questions by them (usually they know about this or have electricians installing this all day). i recommend one specialized in modern/contemporary lighting.in the worst case you got some free coffee, nice ladies to look at and maybe some clearance items or some networking with lighting designers...

They can be rented at a rental store for $20 or less for two hours.

The fact that the property is a store is messing me up.

Try visiting your local college's school of design and posting some info about your job opportunity in the architecture department.